Hi there. My name is Nils with LRN2DIY,
and if you've got pigeons or other birds hanging around in places where they're
not wanted, I've got a solution for you that is quick,
it's easy and cost-effective,
and it uses two things that pigeons and birds do not like to keep them away for
good. In our case,
this sign that has our family name on it is always being occupied by sets of
birds. Usually there's a couple of them on there, big birds, little birds,
and some of them are pretty cute,
but it's not cute when they're pooping down the back of it.
And that stuff can be corrosive.
It can be bad for your health and dangerous aside from just being gross and
unsightly.
So what we're creating today are bird spikes that we can line along the top here
to keep the birds away for good.
So there are two steps we need to take care of before we get started.
And the first is to get a measurement of the length of the area we want to
protect. So in this case, I've found about 41 inches to protect here.
So that's easy enough.
And the second is you want to clean the surface off really well to get rid of
any bird poop or any debris that's on there to make sure that the tape that
we're going to put down will stick really well.
Now, there are really only two things we need to make this.
The first is some foil tape,
but this works particularly well because it's very sticky and because it's very
reflective and that's one of the things that birds don't like is that really
reflective tape like that.
The second thing is you're going to need some sewing pins.
And so these are just push pins and they have a big head on them.
You can get other varieties and things like that,
but you want something that has some sort of a head on it.
These are the Sunenlist,
I'll put links to both the pushpins and the foil tape in the description below
if you're interested in buying these. So we know that I need 41 inches.
So I'm actually going to do two sections of about 20 and a half.
Okay. So with our tape, now we'll just peel back.
And I like to do a little at a time, probably start with a few inches and
pop through and you just need these every inch or so I used to do
two in a row, pull one through,
grab another and put it on the other side,
went through and that's basically it.
We're just going to be going along like that every inch or
so pull one
and because they have the heads on there and because this tape is so sticky,
once you pull it, it kind of holds itself in place, which is nice.
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Here's our first strip. This one is ready to go. And, uh,
I'll just do the same thing for the second one. And then we'll get it installed.
Here's the second one. So this is ready to go.
And now we'll go ahead and do the install now that.
The surface has had a chance to dry, and we've got our tape with the pins in it,
and we're ready to go ahead and apply that to the top of it.
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Now, if you're applying this to stucco or a super textured area like that,
you might want to give a sample piece of this,
a try first to see if it's going to stick. It's actually surprisingly sticky,
but if that doesn't work or you're worried about it,
you can always apply some silicone caulking to make sure it sticks on there
really well.
So you can see all the pigeons hanging out right over there on the power lines.
And it's just a matter of time before they come looking around here.
So hopefully now with these spikes,
we'll be in good shape to be able to keep these things away.
And I'll post comments in the comment section below to keep you updated on that.
But I'm pretty sure that's something that the job and now I won't have to worry
about that bird poop, hanging all over my porch.
And that's really all there is to the solution. Now,
if you want to check out the oil tape or the pins,
you can check those links in the description below to see those on Amazon. Also,
if you're looking for a solution that needs to be placed a little bit lower or a
little less out of the way, there's a fishing line solution that you can use,
it's actually pretty simple and may work for your situation as well.
There's a guy named Tony.
You can check out the video that he's put up right here,
and that's really a very low impact solution that you can use just using fishing
line. If this isn't the type of thing that's going to work for you.
My name is Nils with LRN2DIY. Thanks for watching.
And we'll see you on the next one.